tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post112208839924140771..comments2024-02-23T17:09:12.957-05:00Comments on bethquick.com: children's sermon: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52Beth Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-1122415929490682662005-07-26T17:12:00.000-05:002005-07-26T17:12:00.000-05:00hey lgs - thanks for your comments.i agree that th...hey lgs - thanks for your comments.<BR/>i agree that the word has ties to language i'd rather ditch. i'm not really happy with 'reign' either though, and while i am super careful to use language that is inclusive about people and about God, and trust that they still know what i mean, i'm less sure that talking about God's reign means the same thing to them as God's kingdom. Imperfect, sure. But i think less harmful than gendered language for people or for God. i hope, through my preaching and teaching, to convey certainly more than a literal interpretation of what 'kingdom' means...Beth Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-1122406707501319672005-07-26T14:38:00.000-05:002005-07-26T14:38:00.000-05:00I find it interesting that you use "kingdom" langu...I find it interesting that you use "kingdom" language rather than "reign" language. For me, "kingdom" is one more symptom in the phallocentric language that has held the church in bondage for centuries; not because of the language itself, but because the church limits its understanding of God to literal, exclusive, and patriarchal interpretations of the Biblical language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-1122275012633493182005-07-25T02:03:00.000-05:002005-07-25T02:03:00.000-05:00i did something similar to that once, in talking a...i did something similar to that once, in talking about the kingdom of god. i used cupcakes- everyone got one. then i had a small table with all the ingredients laid out in small containers. i asked kids to try an ingredient. it didn't taste very good- but when they're all mixed together- YUMMY!!!Jonathonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754345540431565703noreply@blogger.com